Comment by Marco Alka on "What editor do you prefer for web development or scripting?"

All of those polls are from a year ago.

Marte so you think, within a mere year, the preferences suddenly change? I stay with the tool I am accustomed to and with which I feel I can work the most efficient. That hasn't changed in years and I can't see it changing in the near future... I believe it's the same for the others.

Also, if you really wanted to contribute instead of asking the same question over and over again, it'd be better to take the old knowledge and build on it:

Taking a look at the results from the old polls, have your preferences changed? In what way and why did you feel the need to do so?

Hashnode is finally becoming old enough to be able to do that.

Yes, I think a whole year is enough time to reflect some changes in user preferences. Just for instance VS Code is now an option and a favorite (at least on this poll) and that wasn't the case on the ones you are linking to.

Don't forget that the group of people that is participating on this (and any other) poll can be way different from a year ago (new Hashnode users, existing users that didn't participate on the other polls, etc.)

I think you are trying to make a valid point in that we should not pollute the timeline repeating the same question again and again, however I don't see that the links you provide demonstrate that this question is being asked so often that the OP can be pointed out for not having used the search.

Marte You are right, however that is in scope of my sample question and imho way more interesting than people just naming their preference. Why have they shifted towards VSCode? Has it become better? New features? Marketing? I will probably never know~

btw, where is your answer :D

Agree, Hashnode polls are very limited but also easy to use for quick feedback.

I voted for VS Code :D (I just didn't posted my answer on a separate entry on this thread). I've found that it is a very nice and customizable editor with a large and mature plugin ecosystem, not to mention that its FLOSS (MIT license), available on the three major operating systems and features are being added regularly (they do a release every month)

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